Nightmare at Noon Page #2

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Out here killing a rapist

is a duty, not a crime.

- She was only 12 years old god dammit.

Commissioner had this

thing about bad press.

- Why you hitch hiking?

- Unemployment sort of

limited my travel options.

- Relatives?

- Enemies.

One of the a**holes got away.

- They always do son.

God damn it Charley I

don't want to hurt you!

- Do you mind?

I'm trying to catch my breath!

- Hey!

how you doing?

- Good how you doing?

That your Starfire back there?

- Yeah we broke down.

- Where you headed?

- Well to tell you the truth,

we're looking for a car rental, or a...

- None of those around here.

- All right, what about,

can you give us a lift

to the police station,

- Sure, sure.

- the sheriff, yeah?

- Climb in back.

- All right,

thanks a lot!

- We'll get you there.

- Come on!

Not one word, get in.

Get!

- Poor city folks.

- For heaven's sakes Sheriff,

I was only gonna be a minute!

You son of a b*tch

cocksucker what the hell you

think you're doing, I

just had this car painted!

- Yeah,!

Yeah, b*tch!

- What the hell is going on?

- Your Pa's gone crazy, he's

taking on the whole damn town!

- The bank foreclosed on

him just last week Roy.

- Yeah I know.

- Want me to talk to him?

- Just get his gun, Larry!

He's already killed somebody.

Go.

' Pa?

Pa it's me.

Pa, Ma's been worried sick about you,

she's home waiting for you.

That's right Pa.

Come on, let's go home.

Come on.

Come on give me the gun.

- Mother of God!

Charley!

I always wondered what would

make a man snap like that.

- Well I gotta tell 'ya sheriff

you got one weird town here.

- About the only excitement

we ever used to have

is a couple of Friday night DUIs.

Until Leroy's truck this morning.

- What about it?

- Somebody shot it full of holes and

pushed it in the river.

We found Leroy inside, he

was getting kind of ripe,

he must have been in

there a couple of clays.

- You didn't find anything

strange about that?

- Of course I did.

People in this town don't go around

using each other for target practice,

without some kind of reason at least.

They didn't used to.

- Problem is, now you

got four dead bodies.

- Yeah well that's his problem.

Look I don't want any part

of this, you understand?

And I want to go on record right now!

- Don't get excited Mr. Griffith,

nobody is asking you to volunteer.

. Yeah, I don't suppose you

have anything that resembles

a rental car service here would you?

- You have to see Floyd.

' Floyd?

- That's right, Floyd.

- Well forgive my ignorance

on rural celebrities Sheriff,

but just who in the hell is Floyd?

- He's the owner of the local

junk yard, he's a mechanic.

He might be able to get you something.

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